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In response to Donald Trump saying Republicans should \u201cnever give up\u201d on repealing the Affordable Care Act, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s orders for his MAGA minions are clear: \u2018Never give up\u2019 on trying to rip away affordable health care from millions of Americans. Voters should take Trump at his word when he says he\u2019ll stop at nothing to repeal the Affordable Care Act and undo President Biden\u2019s work to lower health care costs if elected to a second term. The American people made it clear in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2023 that they want nothing to do with Trump\u2019s MAGA agenda, and this November will be no different.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump\u2019s orders for his MAGA allies: \u201cWe should never give up<\/u>\u201d on trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump\u2019s MAGA minions in Congress are falling in line, reviving efforts to repeal the ACA at Trump\u2019s command.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Press Release, Office of Congressman Mike Johnson<\/a>: \u201cU.S. Rep. Mike Johnson joined 11 other freshman members of Congress in a letter published Tuesday by Fox News urging the U.S. Senate to act on repealing the Affordable Care Act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cAs chair of the conservative Republican Study Commission, he has backed health care proposals that the GOP has espoused for years, including a repeal of the Affordable Care Act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dana Bash, CNN<\/a>: \u201cLet\u2019s talk about the 2024 campaign trail. Donald Trump called Obamacare a disaster last night in Iowa after reiterating his calls to repeal it. You of course voted to repeal Obamacare when Trump was president. Do you think that this is a winning issue right now? Would you like to see another vote again?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graham: \u201cYeah. Good question. This is what we tried to do when Trump was president. Let\u2019s block grant the money.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201c\u2018I think Obamacare has been one of the biggest deceptions on the American people,\u201d said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). \u2018I mean just look at your health care premiums.\u2019 But he added he would \u2018be interested to hear exactly how\u2019 Trump would approach repeal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), who\u2019s in line to run the Finance Committee if the GOP retakes the Senate, said he\u2019s open to plans that were similar to the 2017 repeal and replace bills.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re wondering how serious Trump is about ripping away health care from millions of hardworking Americans\u2026 take a look at his own statements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cTrump Revives Plan to Dismantle Obamacare if Elected in 2024\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cIn a Truth Social post, the leading GOP presidential candidate claimed he\u2019s \u2018seriously looking at alternatives\u2019 to replace ObamaCare, and that the failure to repeal the health law in 2017 while he was in office was \u2018a low point for the Republican Party.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mediaite<\/a>: \u201c\u2018OBAMACARE SUCKS!!!\u2019 Trump Rants About New Plan \u2014 Years After He Promised It Was \u2018Two Weeks\u2019 Away\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Voters rejected Trump and his attempts to repeal the ACA because the reality is that the program \u2014 which provides protections for over 100 million Americans with preexisting conditions \u2014 is extremely popular.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NPR<\/a>: \u201cThe very day President Trump was sworn in \u2014 Jan. 20, 2017 \u2014 he signed an executive order instructing administration officials \u2018to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay\u2019 implementing parts of the Affordable Care Act, while Congress got ready to repeal and replace President Obama\u2019s signature health law.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cBut what\u2019s clear is that an effort to \u2018terminate\u2019 Obamacare is not something Americans are pining for. Not only were the GOP\u2019s efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare during Trump\u2019s term historically unpopular, but the law also appears to have gotten more popular since then. \u2026 And when politicians talk of ending health insurance for tens of millions of Americans, dropping coverage of preexisting conditions and cutting Obamacare\u2019s Medicaid funding, things get even dicier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cMore than 21 million people have signed up for health plans through the Affordable Care Act\u2019s health insurance marketplaces, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. The record level of enrollment comes as former president Donald Trump, seeking the GOP nomination, is again vowing to repeal the program if elected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center for American Progress<\/a>: \u201cAccording to new estimates from the Center for American Progress, 135 million people under age 65, or about half of nonelderly people, have a preexisting condition that an insurer could use to discriminate against them if they ever sought coverage through the individual market in the absence of ACA protections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KFF Poll<\/a>: \u201cMajorities of Democrats [88%], Republicans [62%], and independents [73%] say it is \u2018very important\u2019 to continue each of [the Affordable Care Act\u2019s] protections for people with pre-existing conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Donald Trump saying Republicans should \u201cnever give up\u201d on repealing the Affordable Care Act, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s orders for his MAGA minions are clear: \u2018Never give up\u2019 on trying to rip away affordable health care from millions of Americans. Voters should take Trump at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump on the ACA: Donald Trump Will \u201cNever Give Up\u201d on Threatening Access to Affordable Health Care - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-on-the-aca-donald-trump-will-never-give-up-on-threatening-access-to-affordable-health-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-20T13:05:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-10T19:43:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-on-the-aca-donald-trump-will-never-give-up-on-threatening-access-to-affordable-health-care\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-on-the-aca-donald-trump-will-never-give-up-on-threatening-access-to-affordable-health-care\/\",\"name\":\"Trump on the ACA: Donald Trump Will \u201cNever Give Up\u201d on Threatening Access to Affordable Health Care - 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